突破口语之情景对话(13):Complain about food抱怨食物

突破口语之情景对话(13):Complain about food抱怨食物

13. Complain about food
抱怨食物

A:  Is everything to your satisfaction?
B:  No, the steak was recommended¹, but it is not very fresh.
A:  Oh! Sorry to hear that. This is quite unusual as we have steak from the market every day.
B:  So what? It is not fresh and I'm not happy about it.
A:  I'm sorry, sir. Do you wish to try something else? That would be on the house, of course.
B:  No, thank you.

译文：
A:      一切都还满意吗？
B:   不满意，这是你们向我推荐的牛排，可是它不太新鲜。
A:   哦，很抱歉。我们很少发生这种情况，因为我们每天去市场买牛排。
B:   那又怎么样？牛排不新鲜，对此我很不满意。
A:   对不起，先生。您想吃点别的吗？当然，那是免费的。
B:   不用了，谢谢。

注解 :
1) satisfaction  (n) : 满意,满足
例:  He smiled in satisfaction when he won the race.
他赢得赛跑后满意地笑了。
2) unusual  (adj) : rare不平常的

 

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• The committee has recommended that the training program (should) be improved. 委员会建议培训计划应当改进。
• The hotel he recommended fell far short of our expectations. 他推荐的饭店与我们心目中的相去甚远。